A firm of chartered architects, historic building and planning consultants. Donald Insall was knighted in 2010.
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Donald W. Insall Associates
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Agatha Christie book
Unveiled on the 60th anniversary of The Mousetrap, this bronze, 2.5 m high 'b...
Battle of Britain - London monument
BBM says "the names and ranks of the airmen who took part in the battle are {...
Mozart statue
{Front of plinth:} Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, born Salzburg 27th January 1759,...
President Reagan statue
Don't know about you but we find this type of inscription very tedious, and s...
Wallenberg Statue
From the back you can see that the screen is made up of bundles of papers, th...
Other Subjects
Gravesend Pier
Designed by William Tierney Clark. During its early years it was used by millions of passengers, but by the turn of the century, it had fallen into disuse owing to the arrival of the railways. A Gr...
1 memorial
Maxwell Ayrton
Architect. Born Ormrod Maxwell Ayrton. His best known work was the former Wembley Stadium, designed with Sir John Simpson, which was originally part of the British Empire Exhibition. He was a pione...
1 memorial
W. F. R. Stanley
Inventor, manufacturer and philanthropist. Born William Ford Robinson Stanley in Islington. He filed 78 patents for precision drawing, mathematical and surveying instruments, as well as telescopes....
5 memorials
Thomas Neale MP
Entrepreneur, the organiser of England's first lottery. Known as 'The Great Projector' although the layout of the Seven Dials area is his only surviving London project. Neal Street and Neal's Yard...
1 memorial
Wills & Anderson
Architectural firm. Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada Scottish Architects identify and give details on Wills and Anderson, respectively: Herbert Winkler Wills (1864-1937) Born Birmi...
1 memorial
Previously viewed
General Gordon's birth place - lost plaque, oblong
SE18, Woolwich Common, 29
At our request Rosemary and Richard Christophers of The Lightbox, previously Woking Museum, put paid to the rumour that the plaque is hel...
1 subject commemorated
Treatment Rooms 2 - Fred Hampton
W5, 199 Acton Lane
Afropunk and other sites have the quotation as “You can kill the revolutionary but, you can’t kill the revolution.” The mosaic version ma...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
John Birnie Philip
John Birnie Philip was born on 23 November 1824 in London, the third son of the five children of William Philip (1781-1865) and Elizabeth Philip née Rhind (b.1786). His father was a tailor and he ...
61 memorials
King Charles II
Reigned: 1660 - 1685. Born at St James's Palace. The son of the beheaded Charles I, he was the king "restored" to the throne after the civil war. Married Catherine of Braganza in 1662 but she prod...
17 memorials
Sir John Vanbrugh
Playwright and architect. Born in the parish of St Nicholas Acons, London, of Flemish descent. Worked in the English Baroque style, sometimes with Hawksmoor, on Castle Howard and Blenheim Palace. L...
6 memorials